So I hop a few trains… and a tram… in search of dead musicians at the Zentralfriedhof, or Central Cemetery, in Austria’s Simmering district. In section 32A, I find all my rockstars in their slumber… including a memorial for Mozart, who was actually buried elsewhere in a mass grave: My favorite gravesite, though, is this one with a canopy bed–that’s …
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Hollywood Is Never Too Far
Can anyone please kindly tell me what that means in German? I’m sure it’s not funny at all in German, but string all those words together in English and, well…let’s just say it’s one of the goofier things I spy while walking down the biggest shopping street in Austria, Mariahilferstrasse: It is also around here that I find one of …
Point And Shoot
In this very photogenic city of Vienna, all you really have to do is point and shoot because no matter where you go, there is wonderful architecture to enjoy, including these gorgeous museums: In fact, you just have to look up… and up… at the famous, colorful tiled roof of St. Stephen’s Cathedral: The interior isn’t too shabby either: No …
Schönbrunn Palace
As I mentioned earlier, the best companion in Vienna is the multi-day transportation pass. Because with it, you can pop up in a zillion places via subway, train, bus, or tram relatively efficiently (and I love how varied each stop is)… and save lots of transit time and energy so that you could do the real walking upon reaching your …
Ode To The Sachertorte
To be honest the whole sweet tooth is a relatively late development for me. We weren’t allowed to eat a lot of candy and sweet stuff when my sisters and I were kids, so it wasn’t until high school, when we had to sell chocolate bars as a fundraiser for our various clubs, did I begin to understand the evil …